gratitude

Revolutionary Mindfulness founders Ed and Deb Shapiro teach how to mindfully meditate in the moment!

When times are hard, if we are sick, have lost a partner, job, or home, then it’s not always easy to be thankful. Yet those can actually be the very best times to give thanks – for the things we do have, not those we don’t have.

Everyone talks about the ego: ego trips, healthy ego, negative ego, big ego, get rid of your ego, even kill your ego. But what is the ego? Is there such a thing? Or is the ego just a version of our hyper-inflated need for security in a world of apparent threats?

Can you find the real you, in amongst the labels? Can you find a you that hides behind the masks? Are there ways that this inner you can find expression in your life?

Free yourself from resentments with these 4 empowering strategies of forgiveness, gratitude, and love

From Halloween to New Year’s, many of us get trapped in a cycle of overabundance—the state of having too much. As in: more than we can use. More than we can process. The cup not just full, but over flowing.

What if entitlement has a deeper expectation of failure deep down of “see I told you so?

Spend a few minutes with Tovah reflecting on what you’re grateful for.

Ask yourself; What is the good that I want to share with the world? Find out what to do with your answer here…

Our fear is normal and does not define us. We can whip our fright into butter, and climb out of the pail a better, stronger selves… learn more here

You are the way you are because that’s the way you are… simple. Now apply it outward and free yourself from judgement!

Happiness is one of the most misunderstood words in our vocabulary yet we search for this intangible state our whole lives: if I only had this or that, if I met the right partner, have a big house, a new car, the job I’ve always wanted, then I would be happy. The ancient yoga and spiritual teachings stress that happiness is real only when we let go of seeking material and transient things and discover the lasting joy that is within.

Do you unintentionally treat your partner worse than you do your best friend? Create an amazing relationship by re-discovering the power of kindness.

Mindfulness invites us to make friends with the whole of ourselves just as we are, which includes witnessing and knowing anger. It grounds us in basic sanity.

I apologize for abusing you with toxic food, over-eating, workaholism. I wanted you drained and deadened so that I couldn’t feel you. If I enlivened you, I felt my emotions more strongly and my pain emerged. If I numbed you, my memories remained buried. Yet another self-distraction technique. I am sorry for those acts of misplaced aggression. I couldn’t hold you safe because I had never been held safe. I had to first forge self-love in the fires of life.

We all have them; those voices in our head that cause fear and doubt and undermine our lives. Often, they are the voices of people who we trusted and felt safe around but betrayed that security, and in the process, created a life-long internal battle for our self-esteem. It could be the voice of a parent, love interest, or even a teacher or boss whose opinion you valued, and now their words hang over your heart. “Don’t eat that or you’ll get fat.” “Don’t bother trying that you’re not capable.”

I write from where I am, as truthfully as I can- although I don’t always share everything I write (that sound you hear is a collective sigh of relief from my sons and ex-husbands.) Today I tried several times to write and this is what came

Quite often we put too much importance on our thoughts and take them so seriously that they can lead us into all kinds of emotional turmoil. Some thoughts are inspiring while others can be misleading.

Ed and Deb Shapiro explore who The Dalai Lama emanates all the qualities that meditators seek, such as inner peace, loving kindness, authenticity, and mindful awareness.

Sometimes in jokes or conversation you might hear that it’s bad to go to a job where one has to wear a dreaded, often misplaced or constantly forgotten or even unappreciated Name Tag. You know, the old stigma: Name Tag = Crappy Job

Soul Shaper and author Jeff Brown asks, What is living inside of you that needs to be expressed and how can you move that to see a better world?